Police have accused an Irvine man of child endangerment after a 14-year-old boy fatally shot himself in a home earlier this week, authorities said. Christian Yeager, 56, was arrested by Irvine police Thursday night, according to Orange County jail records.

An Irvine man was arrested after a 13-year-old boy died from what detectives believe could have been a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said Friday.

A 56-year-old man was arrested by Irvine police after a 15-year-old boy shot and killed himself at the man’s Irvine home on Thursday, March 27, authorities said. Whether the boy shot himself intentionally or accidentally was not yet known, Irvine police spokesman Kyle Oldoerp said.